Persian Gulf--Lawrence, Lieutenant A.G., (and others).

161 glass lantern slides and negatives, comprising: 111 lantern slides (each approx. 83 x 83mm.), nearly all captioned in ink on the mount, and 50 glass negatives (each approx. 81 x 107mm., or the reverse, a few smaller), preserved in an old wooden box with sliding lid, together with a near complete set of modern photographic prints of the slides and negatives, some cracks, loss and wear

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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The slides and negatives show scenes in and around the Persian Gulf, including Bahrain, Aden, Muscat, Basrah, Baghdad, Bushehr, Bassadu (?), Bandar Abbas, Dahrein and elsewhere. The subjects include ports, harbours, groups and portraits, buildings, tombs, houses, castles, ruins, pearl boats, dhows and other vessels, wells, processions, festivals, street scenes, pilgrims, fishermen, a carpenter, a coffee shop, Persian rug dealers, farmers, dancing girls and pearl dealers.

Lieutenant A.G. Lawrence was an Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Indian Marine and spent time on board the following ships: RIMS Dalhousie, RIMS Investigator and RIMS Sphinx, and others; two of his companion officers were Lieutenants Alfred Stevenson Balfour and Thomas Charles Reynolds (see also lot 115).